We Can’t Exaggerate His Goodness

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the man who trusts in Him!    

Psalm 34:8

Either God is authentically good, or He is not. I would never suggest that we pretend He is different than He is. Nothing is accomplished by allowing our imagination to create our own image of God. God would then be no better than the gods made out of wood or stone, also created by human initiative. Inventing God in our minds or building Him with our hands is a similarity that is both vain and ultimately destructive.

Discovering who He is and what He is like in reality is the only possible way to discover His true goodness. This eternal journey into His infinite goodness is the one we are privileged to embrace. Continue reading “We Can’t Exaggerate His Goodness”